Limerick report: The Long Mile turns in classy performance

The Long Mile and Niall Madden have the loose Goose Man for company as they win the Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Steeplechase at Limerick Racecourse. Picture: Healy Racing

The Long Mile produced a classy performance to win the Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase at Limerick for Phillip Dempsey and jockey Niall Madden.

Top-weight Articulum made a bold attempt from the front and was still battling to hold his advantage over the second-last. However, the eventual winner, who is four years his junior and to whom he was conceding 16lbs, is a progressive sort and picked up really well in the closing stages to go right away for a 22-length victory.